Improvement in cuffs



E. K. BETTS. Cuffs.

No. 196,555 Patented oct. 30,1877.

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N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIE, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR K. REITS, OF LAN SINGBURG, ASSIGNOR TO EARL & WILSON, OF

f NEW YORK, N. Y.

llivlPRovEMlaNT IN cUFFs.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,555, datedOctober 30, 1877; application filed September 29, 1877'.

To all whom it may conce/m:

Be it known thatI, EDGARK BEr'rs, of Lansingburg, in the county ofRensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ouf,of 4which the followingv is a specification:4

y In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a rear view, and Fig.2 a front view, of

my improved culi', Fig. 3, a front view of a cuil' with light.centerfband, partly turned up to show the re-enforcing end; and Fig. 4is a vertical transverse section o f the cuff on enlarged scale, takenon line c c, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

The object of this invention is to so im- `prove the construction ofcuffs that the disagreeable and unsightly opening or gaping of one orboth edges of the cuiis lat present in use is fully avoided, and aneater and more perfect cuil'l obtained, and also, incase of being made`with lighter center parts, the buttonholes are strengthenedsufiiciently to hold out as long as the cuffs.

cuffs with lighter center-bands, and of folding the extensions back tothe inside, so as to reenforce the button-holes of the center-band.

ByV referring to the drawing, A represents a detachable cuff, that ismade of the customary face part a, a back part, b, and intermediatelayers d.

The back part 'b is cut sufficiently narrower than the other parts, sothat when the parts are sewed together at one side the seam may Y beformed at the other side by gathering up the longer parts, and sewingthen the lback v `along the opposite side of the same. By turning, then,the cu. right side out at either one of the ends, and finishing the cuffby stitching all around, a superior 'bead is formed at both sides, asthe fullness is taken up by the narrower back at the edges, and therebythe cuff prevented from gaping or opening at one or both edges,according as the cuff is constructed with one or two gaping edges.

In this manner a neat and superior bead is formed along the wearingedges of the cuff, that gives a better appearance to the same.

By extending the back part b of the cuff at the ends, and folding thepointed or triangular extension c back into the inside of the cuff, asshown in Fig. 3, a re-enforcing layer for the button-holes of cuffs madewith lighter center parts is furnished, by which these cuffs are mademore durable at the very points where they are weakest at present. Thebutton-holes receive thereby stays of threefold thickness, while theremaining portion of the center part retains its two thicknesses offabric, giving increased strength to the button-holes, without detrimentto the yielding or elastic middle portion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A detachable cuff, made with a back cut narrowerthan the remaining parts, sewed on both sides, and turned right side outto form beaded edges at both sides, and prevent the edges from gaping oropening, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. A detachable cuff with light center part, made with a back cntnarrower than the remaining parts, and extended at the ends, so that theparts, when sewed on both sides and turned right side out, form beadededges at both sides, and the extensions folded inwardly will strengthenthe button-holes of the center part without decreasing its pliability,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDGAR K. BETTS.

Witnesses PAUL GoEPEL, SAML. W. WILSON.

